title: Value of the teeth.
abstract: A random sample of 542 respondents answered questions concerning the value assigned to the teeth, dental attendance pattern, oral health status, and dental anxiety. Non-linear multivariate analysis showed the data regarding value attached to the teeth to contain two dimensions, of which the second one was deleted due to extreme answer patterns (skewed distributions) on the pertinent variables. Repetition of the analysis, including a plot of the respondents, made it possible to discern four subsamples, characterized by specific answer patterns. In the discussion attention was given firstly to the separate variables estimating the value attached to the teeth, and next to the four subsamples, taking into consideration the dental attendance pattern, oral health status, and dental anxiety. It was concluded that the multivariate approach reveals that the respondents are of a rather high heterogeneity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cariology and Endodontology, Academic-Centre for Dentistry, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Schuurs
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Duivenvoorden
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Thoden van Velzen
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Verhage
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Makkes
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety; D003729:Dental Care; D003817:Dentition; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016018:Least-Squares Analysis; D008297:Male; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D009426:Netherlands; D009909:Oral Health; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D012945:Social Values; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires